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106th Congress
Senate
Health
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Medicare
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Social Welfare
American Hospital Preservation Act of 2000
Introduced: February 1, 2000
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3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 1, 2000
Read the second time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 1, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S213-214)
Feb 1, 2000
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
American Hospital Preservation Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 with regard to provisions on the one year sole community hospital payment increase, to reset the applicable percentage increase for FY 2001 and each subsequent fiscal year to the market basket percentage increase for hospitals in all areas for purposes of updating payments to prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals for inpatient hospital services.
What's happening now
Read the second time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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